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Gaylord, Oregon

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Powers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 97458. It stands on Yellow Creek. The Survey maps it on the Powers quadrangle. It stands 85 feet above sea level.

Gaylord within Coos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Gaylord between 1992 and 2019, burning about 40 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning22
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPARSONAGE LANE 1
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreOregon Department of Forestry Salem HeadquartersPARSONAGE LANE 2
4 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreBridge UnitSINATRA LANE
29 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreBridge UnitYELLOW CREEK
29 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCoos Bay DistrictECKLEY
28 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBridge UnitBROADBENT
28 August 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreBridge UnitMYSTIC CREEK
28 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresRogue River-Siskiyou National ForestGAYLORD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coos County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Gaylord: 24 past producers, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eckley QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Indian Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
BroadbentStonePast Producer
BroadbentStoneProducer
Eckley QuarryStonePast Producer
Eckley SiteStonePast Producer
Eckley SiteStoneProducer
Indian Creek PitStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Coos County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Etelka (historical)0.5 miles18
Broadbent4.3 miles19
Powers5.3 miles18
Bancroft5.4 miles18
Estabrook6.3 miles19
Bridge7.1 miles19
Myrtle Point7.7 miles19
Norway10.4 miles19

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on GaylordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5528841The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1142595. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.